Rural Health Group, Inc. is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (also known as a Community Health Center) dedicated to providing primary medical, dental, OB/GYN, behavioral health care, and many other supporting services to the underserved citizens of our service area.  The health center grew out of a community collaboration of concerned citizens to provide low cost and/or free health care services to the people of Northampton County.  Over the years our service area has grown to cover 5 counties in northeastern North Carolina.

In the Early 1970s, physicians in Northampton County were getting older, and younger physicians were not moving into the county to replace them.  At the time there were only 2 practicing physicians in western Northampton County.  Both were in their 60s and saw a limited number of patients.  Melvin Broadnax, William Spivey, Jasper Eley, Jack Faison, and other community leaders saw the need to work together to secure medical care for the future of their county.  As a result of their efforts, Northampton Medical was established in 1976.  In June 1978 the practice joined with Haliwa Health Center (incorporated as Twin County Rural Health), Lake Gaston Medical Clinic, Roanoke Rapids Family Practice, and Rich Square Medical Clinic to form Roanoke Amaranth Community Health Group.  Roanoke Amaranth selected a managing partner, merged its practices, and was incorporated as Rural Health Group on January 14, 1985.

As the community’s only safety net clinic, our responsibility to the growing number of uninsured in our community is immense.  We are the insurance plan for the region’s poor.

• No one is ever refused service because of the inability to pay (“inability to pay” is explicitly defined as those patients with an annual income of 200% and below the federal poverty level).
• All of our services are offered on a sliding fee scale based upon income and family size.
• Almost 40,000 people have received care at Rural Health Group, Inc.